--- title: "1 Asleep Minutes Quotes By Fred Vargas" description: "1 Asleep Minutes quotes by Fred Vargas. Plus more from Fred Vargas and more Asleep Minutes sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af5/fred-vargas-24265_eyes-wide-open_the-problem-is-that-people-can-t-sleep-w_1070374.jpg" --- > [“The problem is that people can't sleep when they want to, but if they are forbidden to do so, they can't help dropping off. So the method consisted of keeping your eyes wide open and fixing your gaze on some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-vargas/the-problem-is-that-people-can-t-sleep-when-they-want-to-but-if-they/) [Fred Vargas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-vargas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af5/fred-vargas-24265_eyes-wide-open_the-problem-is-that-people-can-t-sleep-w_1070374.jpg) ## More by Fred Vargas > [in extreme circumstances I think embarrassment is a luxury.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-vargas/in-extreme-circumstances-i-think-embarrassment-is-a-luxury/) [Fred Vargas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-vargas/) > [“Josh didn't trust inanimates; not one bit; but he didn’t trust men either, nor did he trust the sea. The first could drive you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-vargas/josh-didn-t-trust-inanimates-not-one-bit-but-he-didn-t-trust-men/) [Fred Vargas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-vargas/) > [I'm not just anybody.' 'No, indeed. Nobody is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-vargas/i-m-not-just-anybody-no-indeed-nobody-is/) [Fred Vargas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-vargas/) > [“Nothing to say. I used to be a ghostwriter for a publisher.’ ‘Medieval stuff?’ ‘Eighty-page love stories. You have this guy, untrustworthy but good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-vargas/nothing-to-say-i-used-to-be-a-ghostwriter-for-a-publisher-medieval/) [Fred Vargas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-vargas/) > [“The problem is that people can't sleep when they want to, but if they are forbidden to do so, they can't help dropping off.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-vargas/the-problem-is-that-people-can-t-sleep-when-they-want-to-but-if-they/) [Fred Vargas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-vargas/) > [The world of fantasy fills the gaps in people's knowledge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-vargas/the-world-of-fantasy-fills-the-gaps-in-people-s-knowledge/) [Fred Vargas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-vargas/) > [“Uno sa sempre qual e' la sua decisione prima ancora di averla presa. In realta', lo sa fin dall'inizio. Ecco perche' i consigli non…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-vargas/uno-sa-sempre-qual-e-la-sua-decisione-prima-ancora-di-averla-presa-in/) [Fred Vargas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-vargas/) > [“He's a Canadian. I've not much more to say about him." "Isn't he a tall, fit, strapping fellow? A handsome guy, a good-looker with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-vargas/he-s-a-canadian-i-ve-not-much-more-to-say-about-him-isn-t-he-a-tall/) [Fred Vargas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-vargas/) > [“The world’s full of details, have you noticed? And since no detail is ever repeated in exactly the same shape and always sets off…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-vargas/the-world-s-full-of-details-have-you-noticed-and-since-no-detail-is/) [Fred Vargas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-vargas/) > [ADAMSBERG WAS NOT A MAN WHO WENT IN FOR EMOTION: he skirted around strong feelings with caution, like swifts who only brush past windows…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-vargas/adamsberg-was-not-a-man-who-went-in-for-emotion-he-skirted-around/) [Fred Vargas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-vargas/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/asleep-minutes/fred-vargas/#itemlist", "name": "1 Asleep Minutes Quotes By Fred Vargas", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The problem is that people can't sleep when they want to, but if they are forbidden to do so, they can't help dropping off. 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